Improved safety-bridle



'ai Re tinite i ,gaat

idw* wwaeaaaw @film E. R. FERRY,v or NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.v

Lem/r3 Patent No. saosadated october 13, 1868. i

The Schedule referred to invthese Lettera Patent and making part of the same.

To all wilma 'it may concer-n:

Be it known that I, E. It. FERRY, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new andy improved Safety-Bridle; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the ait to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. j

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in that class of bridles in which, by the pulling of the reins, the bit is drawn upward into the angle of the horses mouth.

The invention consists in a peculiar construction ofthe bit, and the arrangement ofthe driving and check-reins, as hereiuatter fully shown and described, whereby certain ,advantages are obtained, which will he-hereinalter set forth.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings-,-

Figure 1 represents a side view of my invention, applied to a horse.

Figure 2,1m enlarged and detached side view of the bit.

Figure3,' an edge view of one side of the same.

Figiu'e 4, a horizontal section of the same, taken in the line :c x, iig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A represents the head-band;

l5, the throat-latch; and" C, the brow-band of the bridle.

D represents one'of the check-straps, the other, at the opposite side of the bridle, being precisely the same as the one shown.

Ihe lower ends of these check-straps are attached to the upper ends of the check-bars E of the bit F, and the upper ends of the check-straps pass through small sheaves G attached to the lower ends of the head-band A, and the upper ends of the check-straps have small sheaves II attached, as shown clearly in 1.

gThe bit F is composed of a bar, a, jointed or otherwise, and the check-bars E are secured to the ends of the bar a by joints` b, said bars E having each an arm,

c, projecting fl'om them toward the neck or body of the horse.

The joint-connections b admit of the arms c working laterally in either direction, and the outer ends of said arms are connected by a strap, d.

I represents the drivingjreins, which pass through eyes in the outer euds'of the arms c c, and, extending upward, pass through the sheaves Gfat the upper vends of the Ycheek-straps D.

J is the cheek-rein, attached by snap-hooks e to the driving-reins, as shown clearly in fig. 1.

vpose specified.

On the driving-reins, above-the arms c of the bit, there are attached stops f, the use of which willbe presently shown.

From the above description, it will be seen that by pulling on the driving-reins I, the bitwill be drawn upward in the horses mouth, this result being due to the arrangement of the check-straps, check and driving-reins..

`This drawing-up movement of the bit is limited by the stops f, and these may be placed higher 0r lower, circumstances may require, said stops preventing the bar a of the bit being drawn upward suiiiciently hard to injure the mouthof the horse.

The arms c c, in consequence of being connected to the ends of the bar a by joints b, admitof either rein being pulled, to guide the horse, without causing the check-bars to be vpressed against the side of the horses mouth, a result which always takes place, in a greater or less degree. With the usual rigidly-attached checkbars, and with the arms c c connected to the checkbars, as in my improvement, a rigid connection of the check-bars 'to the bar a of the bit'would be attended with worse consequences than usual. Hence the necessity of the swivel or jointed connection.

In case at any time a rigid or unyielding check-rein should be required, the rein J may be detached from the reins I, and an ordinary check-rein attached to the ends ofthe driving-reins I near the sheaves H, the cheelarein passing around thecheck-rein hook on the harness of the saddle, as usual.

The arms c c-serve as levers to press a strap, g, which is attached to the upper ends of the checkbars, and which passes laround the under side of the jaw, against said jaw. This renders the action of the bit very eicient in controlling the horse.

I do not claim broadly the arms or levers c c, nor the strap g, for they have been previously used; .but rI do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The check-bars E E, provided with the levers c c,

for the passage of the driving-reins, when connected to the bar a, by the swivel-joint b, whereby either r'ein is adapted to be pulled to guide the horse, without vpressing the check-bars against the sides of his mouth,

as herein shown and described. l

2. The combination of the' detachable check-rein J with the driving-reins I, when said Aparts are used in connection, or applied with the check-straps D D and the bit F, all arranged substantially as and for the pur- E. R. FERRY. Witnesses:

I. SIMMONS, P. FERRY. E 

